The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-10-14

"A wonderful new clock Is nearing COM
pletion at Waterbury which has been five
years In construction. 1t will De IS feet
high. feet wide and feet deep, and will
rival the famous Strassburg production.
The mechanism of large number of wheels
contributes 10 an exhibition OF historical
events. The moon and planets are given in
all their phases. Several hundred figures
represent distinguished men. and are care
fully carved from good likenesses. The
signers OF the Declaration of independence
and Lincoln's Cabinet at the signing of
the emancipation proclamation are exhibited.
Biblical, Shakespoarean and other his.or-
ical scenes are acted by this wonderful
time piece.
Lorenzo Dimick. of Buffalo, y. Y, the
marine Insurance agent whose conviction of
grand larcency in the first degree in trans
ferring policy for FIVE thousand dollars to
the Thames and Mersey Company, after a
loss had occurred, was last week affirmed
by The Court of Appeals, has departed to
Canada. Dlmick crossed the river in a
small boat about four o'clock eudi1g prl-
Yate detectives who were set to watch him
and has been heard from at St GATHERINGS,
Ont. His bail bond was ten thousand dol
lars. Charles A Sweet, President of the
Third National Bank, being surety for half
the amount and Dimick justifying himself
| for the remainder.
-Leveret II. Wilcox, who died recently
4 in Summit county, O., was born in Berlin,
/ Conn, in 1904. His parents removed to
/ Ohio in 1910, and were 43 days on the way
Arriving at their destination they found
their land occupied by the representatives of
! some four different tribes of Indians, but
1 they were friendly. The father being called
into the war OF 1912, the mother with her
little ones learned to be left without protec
tion, and yet these wild people who were a
| law unto themselves made her no trouble.
! The squaws would even borrow the little boy
i-(LevereD, and carry him of to camp upon
their shoulders. but never failed to return
him again; and on this self-same spot la
resided more than 20 years.
Those who are in the habit of induIging
in raw onions. said medical man. may be
consoIed for the social disadvantages which
ensue by the fact that onions are about the
best nervine known. No medicine is really
so ef1cacious in cases of nervous prostration,
and they tone up WORKOUT system III very
short time. Their absorbent powers aTe
also most valuable. especially In times Of ep-
idemic. 1t mas been repeatedly observed
that an onion patch in the immediate vicln-
| ity OF house acts as a shield against the
/ pestilence, which is very apt to pass over
! the inmates of that house. Sliced onions III
sick room absorb all the germs and pre-
/ vent contagiOn. During an epidemic the
confirmed onion eater should, however, es-
/ chew his usual diet. as the germs OF disease
! are present in the onion, and contagion can
/ easily result.
! A cyclone passed over a section Of
! country near Charlotte, y. C., on Wednes.
/ day afternoon OF last week, tearing through
/ the cloads Ike big balloon, dipping down
and rising again, carrying an eddyIng mass
ar fence rails and tree limbs in its circlng
path. 1t looked ike a big black funnel.
I and it whiTled around like a huge top. 1t
was about 100 feet above the surface of the
earth, but would occasionally dip down,
wrench OF the tree-tops and sweep up
fences. The cyclone travelled at the rate of
thirtv-hve miles an hour, and made a
tremendous roar 1t dipped down on the
plantation Of Mr.. Alexander, tore up a
number of peach and apple trees, took away
the roof OF his house, and rising again disap-
Peared in the direction of Philadelphia
Church. The skies were overcast with
heavy clouds, among which a visible CON-
motion was made as the black funnel-shaped
mass tore its way through.
Sebastian Muller is the name of man
who has just arrived at New Haven from
his home in Switzerland. Muller is % years
old. stands feet inches IN heigth and tips
the beam at 1887 pounds. He Is well built,
with large and massive shoulders and
splendidly developed muscles on arms and
chests. Taking a stone about six inches
long and Of the usual cObbie-stOne shape he
held It firmly with his left hand against an
iron ball fastened to the top OF a barrel,
Then swinging his right arm around his
head be brought the hand down sideways
with fearful force upon the stone about two
inches from the end. With crack the stone
broke into several pieces which flew off IN
different directions. The operation was ex-
actly similar to that OF a blacksmith WELD
Ing sledRe hammer. The last stone broken
was a nearly round, tough-textu-ed piece OF
white quartz, such as is found along country
roads. This was also shiYered into pieces,
after the performance Muller hand showed
no signs of the fearful blows except q slight
Tedness.